Theater Vocabulary Quiz

What does the term "Accepting" mean in theater vocabulary?

• Rejecting ideas or information offered by another player in a scene.

• Embracing the offers made by other performers in order to advance the scene.

• Ignoring an opportunity to advance a scene.

• Combining two dissimilar ideas into one to advance a scene.

What is "Blocking" in the context of theater?

• The process of moving the scene forward.

• Doing something to make the audience laugh that doesn't advance the scene.

• Rejecting ideas or information offered by another player in a scene.

• The period at which a scene stops advancing.

What does "Steamrolling" refer to in a theatrical setting?

• Taking over a scene in a way that doesn't allow other performers to influence it.

• Embracing the offers made by other performers in order to advance the scene.

• The process of moving the scene forward.

• Making silly faces or joking around in a scene instead of reacting truthfully.

Which term describes the story told by a scene in theater?

• Objective

• Narrative

• Plateau

• Synthesis

What is the meaning of "Objective" in theater vocabulary?

• The period at which a scene stops advancing.

• The story told by a scene.

• The goal for a particular character or scene.

• A made up language.

If you are ___________________, you are ignoring an opportunity to advance a scene because you aren't listening.

• Dropping an Offer

• Mugging

• Distracting

• Blocking

A scene stops advancing when it reaches a ________________.

• Objective

• Narrative

• Plateau

• Gibberish

What do you call a made-up language?

• Narrative

• Gibberish

• Objective

• Dropping an Offer

How are mugging and gagging ALIKE?

• Both are ways to make a scene funnier.

• Both are part of a scene narrative.

• Both are ways actors try to make jokes in scenes that aren't authentic.

• Both are ways of dropping an offer.

Ms. Liz starts a scene with two other people. At some point, she doesn't know what to do, so she starts making weird voices and dancing, even though it has nothing to do with the scene. The audience roars with laughter. This is known as "Distracting." Why does it harm a scene, even if people are laughing?